St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-10

for it and l told him not to mind it, as it |
was in st. Paul and it would be pretty |
tough to send the porter after it such a !
night as that. l penned my name glibly |
on the face of the register and submitted 1t
to the inspection of the clerk. He glanced
haughtily over it and with more or less
hectic flush on his cheek said:
Yes. sir; heard of you before. We have
kept your name on tap for the past four
years. We collect in advance of all our GUS
toners whose baggage is in st. Paul.
am sorry to say that l paid on the
terms suggested by the clerk. L Was given
a room on the Grand Forks side Of the
house. with window opening towards
Sitlla. selected this room on account of
its superior facilities for escape in case of
fire. There was a clear, uninterrupted
jump of $50 feet before the face of the
earth could possibly be reached, and then
there was galvanized wire clothesline and
a maroon woodpile to let you down easy.
The room was near the railroad and some
time in the night | woke up with the hOr-
rible sensation of ringing bells and escaping
steam in my ears. l informed my wife
that somehow locomotive had got into the
room. She uttered piercing scream and
jumped out of bed and pounded around
the room with an unOccupied shawl strap
few minutes. l returned to the bed aud
informed my wife that l had driven the
locomotive out and locked the door. She
grew calm in about an hour and said she
had been bitten by a locomotive once when
she was small girl. and ever since that
time she had been afraid of them.
EDWARDS BATH TUB.
Maj. A. w. Edwards, editor and pro-
prietor of the Fargo Daily Argus, has built
a new three-story block of red brick on the
site of the moth-eaten establishment that
burned down several months ago. I was
was conducted through the new establish
ment last night by Managing Editor Plum
ley. and I found that in point of conven-
fence and elaborateness of finish it was
superior to any newspaper Office in st. Paul
or Minneapolis now occupied. In the old
building the majors private Office looked
out on livery stable with the front yard
usually full of mules. This bothered the
major considerably, especially when he
wanted to write poetry. 1t sort of knocked
the inspiration out of the MAJ or when toy
! ing with the muse to have his attention di
/ verted by the oratory of ull-blooded
| Plymouth Rock mule. In the new build
ing he has his Office as far as possible from
the livery stable. 1t is so arranged that he
has an unobstructed view of Mr.. Plumley,
who is as much OF a puetical inspiration as
the ordinary run of green trees, waving
fields and meandering rivers. The most
interesting feature of the new Argus
building is Maj. Edwards bath tub,
which was built especially for him. 1t is
what is called noiselesS tub, has buttons
up around the neck and has hoe attach
ment. The tub when in good condition has
about three hundred gallons capacity.
This affords the major ample room to dis
| port himself without stopping the water
through the armholes. The tub was put
in by the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car
company, and is the only one of that pecu-
liar breed now eXtant. 1t was put in for
the majors use during the infamed
season of the year, to enable him to keep
perfectly cool, calm and collected while be-
ing interviewed by heated citizens who
have figured in his personal column. Once
in the bath-iub with it buttOned closely
around his chin, he is quite safe from in
suited citizens who are idiotic enough to
think that they must object to an editor
saying what he has mind to about them
The major will not represent his paper at
Bismarck during this session of the legiS-
lature, fact that is greatly regretted by
the readers Of the Argus. At the last
session he was on deck with all
/ sail set, and the letters that he wrote TO the
Argus were considered very clever in the
journalistic world This year Mr.. Plum
ley, his managing editor, will do the legis-
lature. and some good work. trimmed with
Dakota breeziness, may be looked Tor in the
! columns of sthesArgus.
FARGo'S REPRESENTATIVE.
7 Fargo will be represented in the council
by Dr.. II. Galloway, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens in Cass county.
The doctor is Democrat of the old iron
7 bound style. and while rot politician is a
: man who thoroughly understands the laws
of political economy. and will represent his
district honoraply and with great deal OF
credit to the people who elected him. Dr.
Galloway has been located in Fargo fol
years, and though he has not practced
widely the past three years, he is the
, widest-known member of the medical fra
ternity in the Red River country, and he il
q consulted as sort of divine oracle by the
, younger members of the profession. Rathe
eccentric in his ways, a modest dresser anC
q man OF advanced years, he will make ;
, conspicuous figure in the council. The of
, fee was thrust upon him. He did not wan
it. but the people wanted him and they go
him. His wife is now in Europe visitin!
her daughter, the wife of DIR. j. II. Spald
ing, leading dentist. who formerly prac
i, ticed in Fargo, but changed two years ag
to Berlin, Germany, where he is making I
wide reputation for himself as an eXper
tooth carpenter.
: THE UNLUCKY MAN.
c At Rice's Station tall man, with on
: leg shorter than the other, climbed aboar
l the train and sat down in the seat opposit
g me. He wore sad look and in his face
d was frightened expression. We SOON be
e came acquainted, as Northwestern traveller
II do, and the tide of conversation turned OF
II the cyclone of last summer that sTep
n through ST. Cloud and Sank Rapids wit
e such fatal results.
II ~ was in that cyclone" he abruptly re
& marked. IAN my leg was broke. It's healet
), Up now, but Their id thing is shorter
= Their other one and makes me appear FOOLS
:" when walk. Yaas, sir; wus i'll tibet cyclon
/ out on the perarie erbout twenty-five miles
" me an my wife an darter au' Rip. Rip " u
e my dog. He was Their best setter dog in tn
t. Nor'west and 1 wouldn't hev sol
e him fur his weight in gold. He wus 'er dand
n on Their bird question, wus Rip; an ne know
- moren Sim whul famerlies WAL, the
% cyclone cum an knocked our house an bar
J into er cooked hat, sort ov tore me up. bu
y NY wife and darter didn't git 'er scratch
S. Lucky man. / remarked.
.e Lucky he repeated, looking at me i
surprise. Lucky! Maybe 1 wus, but ii
terribul hard ter look at it tibet way, when
G Think thet Rip, the best setter dog in Nor
= west wus blowed eileen out err sight an
J., hant seen hide nor hair ov him senct
Maybe you think I'm awful lucky, but can
re see it in thet light"
Sc Turning his back on me with contemp
Id uous air he worked bis lean jaws on his tt
H. baceo auid and became Interested in th
l. passing landscape. Tee AITCH.